Buckle-loop for carriage-tops.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BUCKLE-LOOP FOR CARRIAGE-TOPS Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 15, 1905.

Application filed April 25, 1903. Serial No. 154,265.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED A. NEIDER, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Augusta, county of Bracken, State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckle-Loops for (Jarriage-Tops, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a carriage-buckle loop which contains a minimum amount of material in it, in manufacturing which there is no Waste material and few operations, and is effective in use and ornamental. This object is attained by the means shown in the accompanying drawings, of which---- Figure 1 is a rear View of a carriage-top, showing the buckle-loop embodying my invention attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a metal strip from which the buckleloop embodying my invention is made. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of my complete loop. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the same, showing a strap placed therein. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of Fig. 4.

Referring to the parts, in manufacturing my buckle-loop spurs a a are struck downward from a strip A of metal, one end of which is curved back upon itself to form a U- shaped housing (0 and the other end is formed into lugs which are turned back upon themselves to form a journal at for a buckle B. The end forming the housing is curved upward slightly to facilitate the entrance of the strap d into the housing. The buckle-loop is secured to the backstays D of the carriagetop by means of the spurs a a. The curtainstraps (Z of the curtain d after being passed through the buckle have their ends inserted into the housing (1, The end of the strip bears down upon the strap and holds it neatly and firmly in place.

The loop, as is seen, is small and graceful in outline, so that its appearance is entirely ornamental. It is seen that the blanks (shown in Fig. 2) may be cut from a strip of metal,

. so that none of'the material is wasted, since a whole strip may be cut up into lengths such as shown in Fig. 2.

The small amount of material used in this loop as compared with other buckle-loops and the simplicity of the operation in forming the same are apparent.

What I claim is- 1. A buckle-loop formed from a strip of metal, one of whose ends is curved back upon itself to form a housing for a curtain-strap, and a buckle journaled to the other end of the strip, substantially as shown and described.

2. A buckle-loop formed from a strip of metal, one of whose ends is curved back upon itself to form a housing for a curtain-strap, the other of whose ends is curved back upon itself to form a journal-bearing, and a buckle journaled in the bearing, substantially as shown and described.

3. A buckle-loop formed from a strip of metal, one of whose ends is curved back upon itself to form a housing for a curtain-strap, the other end curved to form a journal-bearing and spurs struck downward from the strip intermediate the ends, and a buckle seated in the bearings, substantially as shown and described.

FRED A. NEIDER. Witnesses:

W. C. SADLER, WILL A. FIELD. 

